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Richard William Johnson 69

Abusive comment directed at another user, using racist, homophobic and transphobic language. User indicates that they have started a 'vandalizing spree'.[1] An indefinite block is appropriate. Verbcatcher (talk) 23:22, 3 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done Right. Indef., files deleted. Yann (talk) 00:19, 4 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The username gets a quadruple word score per m:Don't be a jerk.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:42, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

another User:Judgefloro sock

R126GCVF (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) Uploading boatloads of images of dubious value, again. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:14, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done Blocked, deleting 1000+ files now. Yann (talk) 18:54, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Wow! This account uploaded nearly 2500 files in less than 3 days, which is in itself a problem. Yann (talk) 19:31, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Yann: Is there a good way to delete all of the now-empty categories they created? Special:Nuke doesn't work because there are too many new pages. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:55, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I deleted all his empty categories one by one. There was not so many of them (only 62). Taivo (talk) 10:44, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It'd be nice if there was a tool for that though. (Also I got some before, so it was only 62 left when I threw up my hands and came here. ). The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 13:37, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm also of the opinion that it is probably time to ask T&S to issue an office ban of this person. They are blocked/banned on multiple projects and they have been persistently disrupting Commons for years now. There's at least a slim chance that an office ban would redirect their attention towards the WMF itself and away from the volunteer community. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:42, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Beeblebrox: IIRC, the user could become litigious.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:34, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
What? Trade (talk) 12:32, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Trade: He claims to be a judge and peppers his comments with legalese. I would not put it past him to litigate.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:59, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jeff G.: I'm very aware of that. This is the rare case where we actually know who a long-term abuser is in real life. en:Florentino Floro, to be exact. If he turned his attention to suing the WMF instead of disrupting Commons, that's a win, and I'm quite certain the office also sees it that way. They already have lawyers on staff. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:14, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
By the way T&S is now aware of this, but if more people report what they know, the more compelling it is. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:14, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:重吉笑里

While receving copyvio warnings, this user repeatedly uploaded the same copyvio portraits. Netora (talk) 04:02, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No Further Action IMO. User hasn't contributed since end Oct. Warnings sufficient for now. If this happens again we can re-look at it Gbawden (talk) 11:51, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Dorongov

The user does an edit war and constantly uploades completely another photo here File:Ольга Николаевна Занко.jpg. Please block. FlorianH76 (talk) 16:34, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done. Instead, I fully protected the file in question against upload for a year. Taivo (talk) 17:17, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ksh.andronexus

Upload images on the Internet regardless of copyright status and mark them own work. 0x0a (talk) 09:22, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done. I warned the user and deleted some copyvios. Taivo (talk) 10:01, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Romygrind80

Obvious sock of Youtubestart0 - advertising the same website as previous socks. See Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Youtubestart0. I was told to report future socks here. Marbletan (talk) 14:30, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Blocked}. -- CptViraj (talk) 14:43, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Socks, some of whom upload here

Admins hereby find w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Krakhesh informative 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 18:29, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The two accounts mentioned there who have edited commons are Excell strive and Krakhesh, for anyone else looking at this. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 01:24, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Unprotect Template:YouTube CC-BY/i18n

This template now uses the Translate extension, which means that any changes to the /i18n page only go live once a translation administrator accepts them. I think we can trust translation administrators that they won’t accept vandalism or legally incorrect edits. Could someone please remove the page protection so that anyone can propose changes by directly editing the page? Thanks in advance! (Note that Template:YouTube CC-BY is not protected by the Translate extension, so that should remain protected.) —Tacsipacsi (talk) 10:35, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Still. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 20:17, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Japanvisionforum

While receving copyvio warn, this user repeatedly posted unfree portraits without explicit permission or licensing. Netora (talk) 04:18, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done. One week block for re-uploading content deleted per community consensus. Taivo (talk) 09:42, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Amaterasu 1-1

While receiving copyvio warning, this user didn't stop uploading above-TOO logos and miss-using licensing tags. Netora (talk) 04:21, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done. One week block. Taivo (talk) 09:48, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Add Flickr accounts to bad authors list

Hope this is the right spot... I found some more Flickr accounts which engage in license laundering. These Flickr accounts mass re-upload photos from The Canadian Press, Reuters, Government of Canada, and other sources. These are copyrighted photos that are falsely released under a Public Domain license. The file EXIF data is hidden on Flickr, but once downloaded you can clearly see all EXIF that shows the correct photographers / rights holders. Here is an example of one: Image laundered on Flickr Same image on Canadian Press site. I see that other similar accounts have already been blocked, such as madison.beer
Users to block: Do Not Speak As Loud As My Heart & Taylor Atkinson. PascalHD (talk) 21:41, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'll add them to the list on Commons:Questionable Flickr images. Thank you for reporting these accounts. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 14:52, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Duongdanh110106

Duongdanh110106 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) 

Upload images on the Internet regardless of copyright status and mark them own work, may be Shinichiheiji1234 sock I am I Talk 15:52, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done Warned, files deleted. @Shinichiheiji1234: You have to inform the uploader when you nominate a file for deletion. Yann (talk) 17:26, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The reporting user was blocked indefinitely for sockpuppetry thanks to Taivo.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 04:51, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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